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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandonrcm
And how it currently sits as of an hour ago

Because hoverjeep
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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 09:25 PM
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Dat hole tho
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Old Jun 18, 2016 | 07:56 PM
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Old Jun 18, 2016 | 10:07 PM
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"Like". If there was a like button
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 12:29 PM
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Good job scottie... posted that to the jeep page
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 07:17 PM
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lol... they forgot the suspension
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 02:49 PM
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Smal update. Axles are dropped off at James shop. Rear chromos came in today. Finally finished cleaning up the spot on cage where fender bars used to go. Only had flat black so I gotta repaint it with satin but yea... Hopefully pull the fender armor off tomorrow to repaint and finally put front clip back on.. Havent had alot of time lately, Been preoccupied with work and some other things.

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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 11:52 AM
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Finally some progress. Axles were done last tuesday night. Couldnt get out there til this tuesday to pick them up. So me and my friend Ethan went out to James shop and got them.

So lets start with the rear. I had 4.56 gears installed, u bolt eliminators, and a rear axle truss done. Once back at the house, I had a rear locker to install, ten factory chromoly shafts, outter axle seals, and a riddler diff cover to install.

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Little did I know the 4.56 gear set the ring gear is ALOT thicker then 3.55s So the cross pin wouldnt slide into the carrier. So I had to grind a little off that
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See how thick?
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Chromos
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Scottie (Doove) Came over to help
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Locker installed
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C clips suck with that gearing and everything, took me alot longer then my front always has. Truss looking good.

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Cover on and all painted(Mostly)
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Pulled the knuckles off the front, and cut off the steering stabilzer mount. Cant get ball joints out til its on the jeep unfortunately.
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Oh and I bought a NEW NEW truck. Its a chevy I used to be a chevy guy long before jeeps. I LOVED my ram and still almost miss it. But I drove it way more then I imagined and miles were climbing. Chevy had a great clearence sale (Got 26.81% off on this truck) and I pulled the trigger.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 12:07 PM
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Looks awesome. Surprised you kept the stock shock mounts in place though.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
Looks awesome. Surprised you kept the stock shock mounts in place though.
I was waiting for someone to say that. They were supposed to go. But we wanted to do fitment at his shop with the jeep there before putting higher mounts on. I can't decide if I'm going to do shocks through the floor to the cage, or just shorter relocated shocks. This way I'll be able to drive the jeep to his shop vs trailering it because I dont want to drive 50 miles without rear shocks
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 12:47 PM
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If i ever get to that point i'd rather go towers over the leafs instead of stock mounts raised.
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Old Jul 27, 2016 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
If i ever get to that point i'd rather go towers over the leafs instead of stock mounts raised.
I've thought of that but theres no point really. If I raise the shock mount to level with the axle, I could use stock shocks and have them high clearence with stock upper mounts. The roll cage comes right above leaf spring plates I could weld a mount on top of the plates and go straight through the floor to the cage and weld another mount on and have it ride better. Right now though this will atleast have shocks and drivability.
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 05:55 PM
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That axle is looking beefy.

Whats the purpose of the u-bolt eliminators? I'm not familiar with them.
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Old Jul 28, 2016 | 09:26 PM
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Keeping the drums?
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 12:54 AM
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Keeping the drums?
Nah, I don't think he plays drums
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